berlin wall tunnel\nafter germany was defeated in world war ii, it was divided into two sectors. the western…

berlin wall tunnel\nafter germany was defeated in world war ii, it was divided into two sectors. the western part became west germany, and the eastern part became the soviet - controlled german democratic republic (gdr), or east germany. although berlin was entirely inside east germany, the city was also divided, with east berlin becoming the capital of east germany and west berlin becoming part of west germany. in 1961, east germany erected a wall between east and west berlin to prevent residents from defecting, or escaping, from east germanys oppressive communist regime. concerned about family and friends stuck in east berlin, a group of west berlin students came up with a plan. after setting up camp in an abandoned bakery, they spent five months excavating a secret tunnel that wound its way under the wall to an east berlin apartment building. the students instructed their loved ones in east berlin to come to the apartment building and gain entrance with a special code word. the rescuers crawled through the tunnel, met the escapees, and guided them to freedom.\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nin order to rescue loved ones trapped in east berlin, a group of west berliners dug an underground passage.\nto escape from the gdr, many east berliners crawled through a tunnel that led to freedom in west berlin.\nto prevent east germans from fleeing to west germany, the gdr constructed a wall between east and west berlin.

berlin wall tunnel\nafter germany was defeated in world war ii, it was divided into two sectors. the western part became west germany, and the eastern part became the soviet - controlled german democratic republic (gdr), or east germany. although berlin was entirely inside east germany, the city was also divided, with east berlin becoming the capital of east germany and west berlin becoming part of west germany. in 1961, east germany erected a wall between east and west berlin to prevent residents from defecting, or escaping, from east germanys oppressive communist regime. concerned about family and friends stuck in east berlin, a group of west berlin students came up with a plan. after setting up camp in an abandoned bakery, they spent five months excavating a secret tunnel that wound its way under the wall to an east berlin apartment building. the students instructed their loved ones in east berlin to come to the apartment building and gain entrance with a special code word. the rescuers crawled through the tunnel, met the escapees, and guided them to freedom.\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nin order to rescue loved ones trapped in east berlin, a group of west berliners dug an underground passage.\nto escape from the gdr, many east berliners crawled through a tunnel that led to freedom in west berlin.\nto prevent east germans from fleeing to west germany, the gdr constructed a wall between east and west berlin.

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The passage first gives the background of Germany's division after WWII and the Berlin Wall's construction. Then it focuses on a group of West Berlin students' action - digging a tunnel to rescue loved ones in East Berlin. The first option accurately captures the main action and purpose described in the passage. The second option only mentions East Berliners escaping (the passage emphasizes the rescuers' action of digging the tunnel), and the third option is just a part of the background (not the main idea which is about the tunnel - digging rescue).

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In order to rescue loved ones trapped in East Berlin, a group of West Berliners dug an underground passage.